Bar-throated Apalis

Apalis thoracica

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae
Genus
Apalis
eBird Code
batapa2

Vocalizations

Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
Thomas Koffel · CC_BY_4_0
Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0
Andrew Gillespie · CC0_1_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
Dave Richardson · CC_BY_4_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (18)

  • Apalis thoracica arnoldi

    eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique

  • Apalis thoracica capensis

    southwestern South Africa (southern coastal plain of Western Cape)

  • Apalis thoracica claudei

    southwestern South Africa (Western Cape eastward to western Eastern Cape)

  • Apalis thoracica drakensbergensis

    South Africa (Drakensberg Mountains to western Eswatini)

  • Apalis thoracica flaviventris

    southeastern Botswana and adjacent South Africa

  • Apalis thoracica griseiceps

    southeastern Kenya (Chyulu Hills) and highlands of Tanzania

  • Apalis thoracica griseopyga

    southwestern South Africa (western coastal plain of Western Cape)

  • Apalis thoracica lebomboensis

    Lebombo Mountains (border of Eswatini, southern Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Apalis thoracica murina

    northeastern Tanzania to northern Malawi and adjacent Zambia

  • Apalis thoracica pareensis

    northern Tanzania (South Pare Mountains)

  • Apalis thoracica quarta

    northeastern Zimbabwe (Mount Nyangani) and Mozambique (Mount Gorongoza)

  • Apalis thoracica rhodesiae

    Zimbabwe plateau and northeastern Botswana

  • Apalis thoracica spelonkensis

    northeastern South Africa (Limpopo and northern Mpumalanga)

  • Apalis thoracica thoracica

    southeastern South Africa (Eastern Cape from the Great Kei River and to Gamtoos River)

  • Apalis thoracica uluguru

    northeastern Tanzania (Uluguru Mountains)

  • Apalis thoracica venusta

    KwaZulu-Natal to eastern Griqualand and Great Kei River

  • Apalis thoracica whitei

    eastern Zambia to southern Malawi and adjacent Mozambique (Zobue)

  • Apalis thoracica youngi

    southwestern Tanzania to northeastern Malawi and adjacent Zambia

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.